Clue 🔎

Happy Thursday! After a series of unfortunate events including hospitalizations, multiple trips on the New Jersey Turnpike, and several parking tickets, we’re back. So, let’s decompress today with something light.

Today’s movie is Jonathan Lynn’s mystery black comedy Clue (1985)—streaming on Prime Video. Based on the classic board game of the same name, Clue was met with mixed reviews and even worse box office returns. However, since then it’s gained a cult following. When it was first released in theaters, each audience saw one of three different endings. So was it Colonel Mustard in the library with the candlestick? Here’s the trailer.

Clue tells the story of a mysterious dinner party at a mysterious mansion hosted by a mysterious benefactor. Little does each of the participants know, they’re being set up for something far more macabre (and silly). When one of the guests—aptly named Mr. Body—ends up dead, the mansion’s butler Wadsworth (Tim Curry) decides that together they must deter…